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T. V. EDWARDS.

WAGON RACK.

110.360.211. Patented Mar. 29, 1887.

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WAGON RACK.

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THOMPSON V. EDIVARDS, OF MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK H. COTES, OF SAME PLACE.

WAGON-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,211, dated March 29, 1887.

Application filed December 3, 1886. Serial No. 220,577.

T at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnonrson V. EDWARDS,

of Monmouth, in the county of \Varren and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and Improved Vagon-Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Myinvention relates to hay-racks and stockracks combined, and has for its object to pro- .vide a rack that can readily be transformed for use as a stock-rack or as a hay-rack, as oocasion may require.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the combined rack, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the rack arranged for transporting hay. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the rack arranged for the transportation of stock, the loading-chute being folded up against the rack. Fig. 31s a side elevation of the rear part of the same, the chute being down for loading or unloading stock. Fig. 4 is an end view showing the attachment of the chute to the end-gate of the wagon. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the rack as arranged for hay. Fig. 6 is an end view of the loading-chute,showing the manner of folding the wings together. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the hinge connecting the rack to the wagonbody.

To the sides A of an ordinary farm-wagon are secured by hinges B the inner ends of arms 0. The arms 0 at each side of the wagon-body are connected by boards D to form the sides of the rack. The lower straps, b, of the hinges B are attached to the inner faces of the side boards, A, and have an outward offset at the upper edges of the said sides A, as shown in Fig. 7, said offsets being formed with jaws b, to receive the eyes 6 of the straps E on the arms 0. A pintle, e, completes the hinge. In this manner the pivotpoints of the hinges B are outside of the side-boards of the wagon body, so that when the rack-sides O D are raised to a vertical position the side-boards D will be directly above the side-boards of the (No model.)

when the rack-sides have been lowered to position to form a hay-rack, as shown in Fig. 5.

In this manner the side racks cannot descend below a certain point to give the desired position of said racks for carrying hay.

\Vheel-guards F are attached to the sides when the racks are adjusted for use as a hayrack, to prevent the hay or grain from resting upon the wheels. To the forward end of the bottom of wagon a tapered ladder, G, is attached.

lVhen the rack is to be used for transport- 6 ing hogs or other stock, the sides 0 D are turned up into a vertical position, the particular construction of the hinges B preventing said sides from falling inward.

To the forward end-gate, H, is attached a supplementary gate, I, by means of the cleats t, passing through the staples h. The upper end of the supplementary gate I is provided with hooks t", which work in keepers d on the boards D of the sides. thus holding the sides and end-gate at the forward part of wagon together.

The end-gate K at the rear of the wagon body is hinged to said wagon-body by the hinges L. A bar, M, is attached to gate K by 8c a staple and bolt, as shown in Fig. 4, and at the free end of bar M hooks m are secured, the object of which is to retain the end of the pole which passes over a load of hay from the ladder G in front to the said bar at the rear. 8

As shown in Fig. 4, the bar M acts as a brace to the supplementary gate N. The gate N is attached to the gate K by means of the cleats n passing through the staples k. Hooks n on the gate N pass into keepers it, thus holding the sides and gate N together at the top there of. On the cleats a are secured plates 0, having pintles,which pass through the eyes of the straps P. Boards R are attached to the straps P, thus forming sides to the gate N. In Fig.

3 I have shown the gates K and N, with the sides P and R, as forming a chute for loading and unloading hogs and other stock. Vhen so used the sidc-boards R are held in position by the hooks 1', passed in keepers 1- on the side-boards D. When not used as a chute, the sides 1? and It can be folded up against the gates K and N, as shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 6 I have shown the manner of folding the sides. Thus side 1 is first folded to the gates K and N, (dotted lines,) then side 2 is folded against side 1, and then secured by the hook s and keeper 8'.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the sides A and the racks O D, hinged to the sides A, of the endgatesHand K and of the supplementary gates I and N, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the end-gate K, of the supplementary gate N and of the wings 1 stantially as shown and described.

THOMPSON, V. EDWARDS. Vitnesses:

M. M. LUCY, G. E. SHrELDs. 

